Donna Richoux    963183 Mon, 19 Jul 04 07:08 PM "Bloke. Punter." "What's negative about "bloke"?" Nothing. He didn't say they *had* to be negative, did he? That's how I read the "particularly." Donna Richoux Negatives, Negations

	Steve Hayes    963202 Mon, 19 Jul 04 08:18 PM "I'm not well placed to know what people are called in America. I'll try git" Did you mention prat? Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk Steve Hayes

	mUs1Ka    963219 Mon, 19 Jul 04 09:17 PM "I'm not well placed to know what people are called in America. I'll try git" "Did you mention prat?" No, I've killfiled him. Ray mUs1Ka

	Django Cat    963224 Mon, 19 Jul 04 09:34 PM "I want to write an article about terms for people (particularly negative ones) that are prevalent in Britain but not in North America. Any suggestions aside from "yob," "laddish" and wanker?" Some suggestions pillock prat bint boiler bum bandit bender *** *** brain gobshite plonker scumbag slapper slag mong Thanks to the totally unreliable Roger's Profanisaurus at http://www.viz.co.uk/profanisaurus/profanis.htm for some reminders... then there's twerp twit nutter... DC Django Cat Articles, Negatives, Negations

	Sara Lorimer    963225 Mon, 19 Jul 04 09:48 PM Django Cat wrote, in part: "I want to write an article about terms for people ... North America. Any suggestions aside from "yob," "laddish" and wanker?" "Some suggestions *** scumbag" These two terms are not unusual here in the States. SML http://pirate-women.com Sara Lorimer Articles

	Qp10qp    963266 Mon, 19 Jul 04 11:43 PM "Did you mention prat?" "No, I've killfiled him. Ray" My words were British terms for British people. I meant by the above that I don't know whether those words are also used in America. Qp10qp British People, Great Britain

	Charles Riggs    963376 Tue, 20 Jul 04 07:56 AM "I want to write an article about terms for people ... North America. Any suggestions aside from "yob," "laddish" and wanker?" "Some suggestions pillock prat bint boiler bum bandit bender *** *** brain gobshite" It's very popular in Ireland. Do the British often use it? "plonker scumbag slapper slag mong" Interesting words. Charles Riggs Charles Riggs Articles

	Charles Riggs    963377 Tue, 20 Jul 04 07:56 AM "Django Cat wrote, in part:" "Some suggestions *** scumbag" "These two terms are not unusual here in the States." Scumbag, sure, but ***? Not in M-W's Collegiate, I see.Then again, I don't see it anywhere in the more-British-than-not OED. I think it is a pretty unusual term anywhere, Sara. No? Charles Riggs Charles Riggs

	Steve Hayes    963388 Tue, 20 Jul 04 08:36 AM "What's negative about "bloke"?" "Nothing. He didn't say they *had* to be negative, did he? That's how I read the "particularly."" Wight. I mean, right. Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk Steve Hayes Negatives, Negations